Commissioning Projects

LIFT and imagineNATIVE 2015 Mentorship Announcement Thursday 16 April 2015 –  2015 LIFT and imagineNATIVE Mentorship Winner Jaene Castrillon   2015 LIFT and imagineNATIVE Mentorship Winner Jaene Castrillon Toronto, April 16, 2015—imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) are pleased to announce that Toronto-based Indigenous Colombian artist Jaene”… more

Call for Applicants: LIFT and imagineNATIVE 11th annual Mentorship Program – Extended Deadline Thursday 26 February 2015 –              February 26, 2015 Call for Applicants:LIFT and imagineNATIVE 11th annual Mentorship Program               February 26, 2015 Call for Applicants:LIFT and imagineNATIVE 11th annual Mentorship Program”… more

LIFT and imagineNATIVE 2014 Mentorship Announcement Wednesday 16 April 2014 –  2014 LIFT and imagineNATIVE Mentorship Winner Hannah Schreck   2014 LIFT and imagineNATIVE Mentorship Winner Hannah Schreck Toronto, April 16, 2014—imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) are pleased to announce that Toronto-based Dene artist Hannah Schreck is the rec”… more

EXTENDED – Call for Applicants: LIFT and imagineNATIVE 10th annual Mentorship Program Friday 7 March 2014 –              February 6, 2014               February 6, 2014 Do you have a great idea for a 5 minute short film? Celebrating 10 years of supporting independent Indigenous film, the LIFT/imagineNATIVE Mentorship program w”… more

LIFT and imagineNATIVE 2013 Mentorship Announcement Friday 1 March 2013 –  2013 LIFT and imagineNATIVE Mentorship Winner Adrienne Marcus Raja   2013 LIFT and imagineNATIVE Mentorship Winner Adrienne Marcus Raja Toronto, March 1, 2013—imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) are pleased to announce that Toronto-based Kelabit artist Adrienne Ma”… more

Call for Applicants: LIFT and imagineNATIVE 9th annual Mentorship Program Friday 15 February 2013 –                          Do you have a great idea for a 5 minute short film? Explore 16mm filmmaking through LIFT’s workshops, equipment and facilities (other mediums may be employed). Shoot and edit your ideas on film, and see them on scre”… more

LIFT and imagineNATIVE 2012 Mentorship Announcement Thursday 9 February 2012 – 2012 LIFT and imagineNATIVE Mentorship Winner Tyler Hagan Toronto, February 9, 2012— imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) are pleased to announce that Vancouver raised, Toronto based Métis artist Tyler Hagan is the recipient of the 8th annual LIFT/imagineNATIVE Mentorship. This annual”… more

Call For Applicants: LIFT and imagineNATIVE 8th annual Mentorship Program Wednesday 25 January 2012 –          Do you have a great idea for a 5 minute short film? Explore 16mm filmmaking through LIFT’s workshops, equipment and facilities (other mediums may be employed). Shoot and edit your ideas to film, and see them on screen at the 13th annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, which will take p”… more

Lost Secrets of the Royal at the Blackwood Gallery and A Space Gallery Wednesday 9 November 2011 –    (Cindy Mochizuki’s YOKAI & OTHER SPIRITS – photo by Dalia Vukmirovic)  Project stills at the end of this entry. LOST SECRETS OF THE ROYAL Four newly commissioned works presented by Liaison of Independent Filmmakers Toronto (LIFT), Reel Asian, the Blackwood Gallery, and A Space Gallery   Curators: Ben Donoghue and Hea”… more

Lost Secrets of the Royal – In Production for November 2011 Friday 1 April 2011 – Beginning in 2007 LIFT and the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival began discussions towards realizing a commissioning project producing new work from LIFT’s large collection of 35mm Hong Kong films from the 1970s and 80s. In 2009 festival Artistic Director Heather Keung and LIFT Executive Director Ben Donoghue developed a commissioning”… more